Blake Newby, a media personality, journalist, creator, and podcast host, returns to discuss what happens when long-shot dreams begin to pay off. She explores building your own platform amid media’s upheaval, protecting integrity when money calls, and becoming a sharper consumer in the age of misinformation and AI. She also reflects on Black media legacy, beauty and fashion as cultural expression, and finding alignment through spirituality.
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Dreams Can Arrive Differently Than Imagined
Dream fulfillment can feel surreal while still carrying sacrifices, disappointment, and revised desires.
Blake sees her past risks as seeds that grew into outcomes better than her original plans.
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Build Your Own Proof Of Concept
Build proof of concept yourself because media companies increasingly support ideas only after audiences validate them.
Blake created According to Blake after her agency failed to pursue the show she wanted.
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Make Your Work Visible Online
Post your work consistently, even when content creation feels unnatural or performative.
Blake makes every professional activity visible because audiences and opportunities forget what they cannot see.
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#365: Three years ago when Blake Newby first joined me on the show, life looked a little different. She was in the thick of her Saturn return, still untangling herself from traditional media, betting everything on herself with zero proof it would work.
She's back, and now she's watching those bets pay off in ways she couldn't have scripted. Blake joins me to talk about what it actually feels like when the things you manifested start coming true, and why getting there doesn't erase what it cost to get there.
This is an honest conversation about staying grounded while an entire industry falls apart around you: building your own platform when nobody's handing you opportunities, protecting your integrity when the money gets tempting, and learning to call on something bigger than yourself to keep moving.
We talk about:
Revisiting the thesis of Blake's first episode, "it's expensive to dream," three years later
Protecting your integrity as the stakes (and the money) get bigger
The collapse of traditional and digital media, and why you have to build your own thing now
Becoming a more responsible, media-literate consumer in the age of misinformation and AI
Beauty and fashion as inheritance, joy, and politics, not just aesthetics
Finding alignment through spirituality
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Episode 207: The Truth About Working Towards Your Dream Career with Blake Newby: https://youtu.be/2dElf_NyOSE
Subscribe to Blake’s podcast, According to Blake: https://www.youtube.com/@AccordingToBlake
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